Skoreit.com

[Brandwin]

Anyone ever try this site out and if so, how does it work?

I see people win iPads, Laptops etc for under $5.00, but that just sounds too good to be true.

[WyxHarmon]

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Pay to bid. Basically you buy bids. Here's an explanation.

Most products start at 1 cent, so if you see an auction that's gotten up to 10 dollars, that's roughly a thousand bids, and at 60 cents per bid, the website has already made 600 bucks! Of course they don't mind selling an iPad for 10 dollars, they've already made much more than they lose on the product! So it's a coup for the website. However, that doesn't mean the users are all getting screwed. If you have the patience and only bid toward the end of an auction, you could possibly win an auction using only a few bids. So if you only bid 5 times (about 3 bucks) and get a product for 50 dollars off, you've done very well. But it takes time, patience and savvy to do well on skoreit.com. Suckers who bid 100 times, and don't win, just lost about 60 bucks. That hurts. The site is legit, but be careful, and be strategic.

[NDAlum]

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Yea that's freaking crazy!

[ImTellinTim]

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These are the kinds of ideas for businesses I wish I could think of.

[p_rushing]

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If you want to try it out, Mike & Mike are always advertising for 10 free bids

[BunnyHardaway]

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It's legit, but damn near impossible to win.

[Chef Matt]

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It's legit, but damn near impossible to win.

Yep you gotta be real lucky to be the winning bidder.

And that 10 dollar bid from mike and mike goes in a matter of seconds.

I tried it out with the free bids but won't ever spend my own money on that site.

[Bellsprout]

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Using the Jim Rome code ("rome") just got me 16 free bids.

Unfortunately all that's for sale right now is gift cards.

[Kriech23]

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I just made an account, but I can't find anywhere to put in that code Dayman. Any help would be appreciated.

[Matt10]

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I'd stay away from those if you intend on winning. Better chance of playing at the casinos, seriously.

Some of those type of sites make it, rightfully so, fairly difficult. Everytime someone rebids, the timer goes back up - this can last for up to 3-4 hours. Sometimes the bid will go from 2 secs, hold there for 5 secs - then jump all the way up to 45 secs. It's pretty annoying.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I'd stay away from those if you intend on winning. Better chance of playing at the casinos, seriously.

Some of those type of sites make it, rightfully so, fairly difficult. Everytime someone rebids, the timer goes back up - this can last for up to 3-4 hours. Sometimes the bid will go from 2 secs, hold there for 5 secs - then jump all the way up to 45 secs. It's pretty annoying.

Yeah I was on there the other day just checking it out and saw the timer go down to 2 seconds, and then keep jumping back up over and over again.

Screw that. I don't know how you can have strategy when it does that. I know it's a way for the site to make money, but it's just annoying and I wouldn't have the patience to do that lol.

I agree, better odds at the casinos.

[TheGamingChef]

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Yeah I was on there the other day just checking it out and saw the timer go down to 2 seconds, and then keep jumping back up over and over again.

Screw that. I don't know how you can have strategy when it does that. I know it's a way for the site to make money, but it's just annoying and I wouldn't have the patience to do that lol.

I agree, better odds at the casinos.

I disagree, it just takes a while. If you want an item you need to have scouted it out in the past and seen how high the bidding usually gets and how fast it gets there. Then the time you are wanting to go for it, you need to be ready to go with at least 100 bids and probably 200 or so ready to go.

Once you have scouted it for a while and it approaches 75-80% of the price it normally goes for you jump in. If it gets there faster than normal, it will probably sell for more (also meaning you can wait until the price approaches 90% of its average finish). If it gets there slower, it could sell for less.

Using this strategy on (the now-defunct) Haggle.com is how I won my 32GB iPod Touch using 22 bids and spending $3 and change. Gotta watch it for a while, have a lot of bids in your back pocket, and don't jump in too soon.

[WyxHarmon]

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I almost won a 500 dollar wal-mart card today.

I used the mikeandmike promo code and got 16 bids.

i swear i saw it say sold, had a mini freakout, then saw 00:00:08 and almost cried.

[Brandwin]

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Yeah, Skoreit is tough.

I've been watching an iPad since about the price of $15.00 and it's at $22. and some change.... forget it...lol

[fishepa]

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So you're telling me it's not as easy as the commercial says? Damn....